Study for Anzac swimmer

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number ART91258
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 30.4 x 25.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description coloured crayon on coated paper
Maker Nolan, Sidney
Place made Greece
Date made 8 October 1957
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Figure of a naked Gallipoli soldier, study for 'Gallipoli swimmer'. This work was presented in memory of the artist's brother Raymond who was drowned in 1945 on returning from military service at the end of the Second World War.